The Market Running Away From What?
What Is the Market Afraid Of? Last Wednesday, I mentioned Dr. Gary Dayton’s article on the...
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ESM5: Mini-futures Form A Doji Near The Top Of A Good Run. Be Careful.
Yesterday The S&P 500 mini futures (ESM5) gapped down at the open and traded in the red for...
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A Fly in the Bottle
This is a chart of the Nasdaq futures over the last two months. While the index has presented...
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Is Crude Really Making A Comeback?
Over the past few weeks, we have seen crude oil rise sharply and, just Wednesday, it reached...
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Trader Development, Four Things Traders Need To Know
I have traded since 2001. Since that time I have come to understand that the most difficult thing...
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Ya Gotta Believe That With …
It appears we are back to the days of the market wanting to go up, struggling with the latest...
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Sell The May E-mini S&P 500 2110-2130 Call Spread
The S&P 500 has seen quite a few ups and downs since trading at 2175 at the end of February....
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Half Way There
It wasn’t difficult for the bulls to make headway on Wednesday due to the Speed Zone between 4412...
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Positive Signs Coming From The Gold Miners
It is no surprise to anyone following the financial markets in the past few years that the gold...
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Can Etsy (ETSY) Craft a Winning IPO?
With a few exceptions – GoDaddy (GDDY), a recent example – 2015 has been fairly light on...
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It Is A Technology, Not A Fuel
I like words. I am a writer. So, when a few words strung together impact my brain, I take notice....
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Look for Bounce in Beans Into Planting and Growing Season
The weekly export-sales report showed beans sold last week for future shipment at a negative...
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The US Treasury Market Is In Missouri – Please Show Me
Having gotten through the first quarter of the year, let’s just take a quick look at where...
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ESM5: A Stalled, Indecisive Market Waiting For Direction
Yesterday The S&P 500 mini futures (ESM5) got slammed overnight, dropping almost 20 points in...
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Predicting the Market: Are The Experts Really Expert?
W. D. Gann – a trader active during the first half of the 20th Century and a developer of unique...
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Pullback is Probably Complete
Markets move toward targets based on where previous transactions occurred. That’s the principle of...
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More Than A Lot, Nothing More Than A Drop – Interesting For Sure
The longer I live, the more astonishing life becomes. This is a good thing, as it keeps life...
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Two Downside Targets
Markets move toward targets and when they get to the 3rd or 4th in the series, the profit-taking...
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The e-minis – Lots Of Movement, Not Much Progress
Yesterday In Monday’s note, we mentioned 2100 as an important psychological resistance...
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Make A Play on The VIX/VXV Relationship
The US equity market has some external forces (QE forever from the Fed, for example) that can...
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TraderPlanet’s Quick Guide to Candlesticks
